Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other 2 percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. —Lily Tomlin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves. —John Wayne More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. —Robert Orben More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. —Louis D. Brandeis More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What a shame. If you had stolen a railroad, they would have made you a senator. —Mother Jones, to a man imprisoned for having stolen a pair of shoes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
White criminals commit the biggest crimes. A brother might rob a bank. A white man will rob a pension fund. The brother is going to get ten to fifteen years because he had a gun. The white guy will get a Congressional hearing because he had a job and a nice suit. —Wanda Sykes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's universally wrong to steal from your neighbor, but once you get beyond this one-to-one level and pit the individual against the multinational conglomerate, the federal bureaucracy, . . . or the utility company, it becomes strictly a value judgment to decide who exactly is stealing from whom. One person's crime is another person's profit. —Abbie Hoffman More about this quote Tags: ownership morality crime theft Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That is mine which none can steal from me. —Henry David Thoreau More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Once one of the monks with Saint Francis asked if he might own just one book. Francis replied, "No, if you have a book, pretty soon you will need a bookshelf for your book. Then you will need a house for your bookshelf. After that you will need a lock on your door to protect your book from thieves breaking in and stealing it. —Loretta Ross-Gotta More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point, he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief anymore. Thieving is God's message to him. Let him try and be a good thief. —Samuel Butler More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I was walking down Fifth Avenue today, and I found a wallet. I was going to keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: Well, if I lost $150, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson. —Emo Philips More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. —Helen Keller More about this quote Tags: superstition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: superstition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run. —Babe Ruth More about this quote Tags: superstition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition. —Alexander Hodge More about this quote Tags: superstition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email